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Obituary furnished by contributor Mary Allen #47142216:
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Obit - J.B. Clark,74 of Washington township dies..
Joseph B. Clark, age 74 years,well known farmer of Washington township, Died Tuesday evening at 7:15 o'clock at his home five miles east of Valparaiso, following a three month illness.
He was born in Jonesboro,Ind. Sept 6.1861, a son of James C. Clark, a native of Pennsylvania and Martha Douglas, a native of Indiana.
He came to Porter County twenty eight years ago.
On Nov.3,1886 he was united in marriage to Floe Lewis, who survives together with three sons, Harry, Harvey and James and two daughters, Mrs. May Bull, and Mrs. Edith Schau, all of Valparaiso.
One daughter, Mrs. Pearl Phillips, proceded him in death.
Also surviving are one brother, Hugh Clark, of Fowler, Ind., two sisters, Mrs. Ada Whitson, of North Dakota, and Mrs. Nettie Huggins, of Marion,Ind., two nephews, three nieces and fourteen grandchildren.
A brother,Cullen, also preceeded him in death.
He was a member of the Baptist Church. Short memorial services will be held at the home in Washington township friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock and at 2 o'clock at the First Baptist church in this city. Burial will be in Graceland cemetery.
Friends may call at the home in Washington Township this evening from 7 o'clock up until time of the services. (from Ancestry.com)
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